“American public policy has to shift to acknowledge that the core skills needed for success in life are formed before children enter school.”- James Heckman, Nobel prize-winning economist, The American Family in Black and White: A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality, February 2011

"[T]he time has come to begin to close the gap between what we know (from systematic scientific inquiry across a broad range of disciplines) and what we do (through both public and private sector policies and practices) to promote the healthy development of all young children."- The Science of Early Childhood Development (2007), p. 13, National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. http://www.developingchild.net

More Info About this Website

What is a Wiki?

Purpose of this Site

To serve as a platform for a PreK to Grade 3 Knowledge-Building Community in Minnesota.

To help connect the early childhood community, K-12 system, and those who provide support to programs that
serve children and families before birth and up through Grade 3.

To provide a common space for sharing, collaborating, and learning about PreK to Grade 3.

To enable participants to actively engage in a statewide Professional Learning Community.

How to use this Site

By definition, a wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language. Early childhood professionals from a variety of programs/services are able to create and edit information in their areas of interest or expertise. For instance, if you have a link, resource or best practice that you would like to share with colleagues, you can add the information to this site.
Some organizations especially relevant to early childhood administrators are listed on the top tool bar. The left side tool bar contains links to topic-specific areas of interest.
In order to edit this wiki, you must log in. To create an account, click here.For instructions on Getting Started, click here - PDF